26 Jan 2023
A place for the hypocrites
I see many Christians think lightly on the topic of their own hypocrisy. They have all kinds of excuses to justify themselves.
The thing is, this is a topic that Jesus takes seriously. And he thinks hypocrites are as bad as an "evil servant" - deserving a place where "there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth".
"But what if the servant is evil and thinks, ‘My master won’t be back for a while,’ and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting drunk? The master will return unannounced and unexpected, and he will cut the servant to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites.
In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
(Matthew 24.48-51 NLT)
Lord,
help me to acknowledge and "get rid of the log in my own eye".
And help me to walk my talk and walk with you.